Another Forcemeat with Brains

Ingredients

• pepper
• lovage
• oregano
• liquamen (Roman fermented fish sauce)
• cooked brains
• eggs
• pastry sheet

Instructions

1. Grind pepper, lovage, and oregano in a mortar; moisten with liquamen and add cooked brains, grinding until smooth.
2. Beat in five eggs to form one body; temper with liquamen.
3. Turn out into a bronze pan and cook; then turn onto a clean board and cut into little cubes.
4. Grind fresh pepper, lovage, and oregano; mix and put into a cooking pot and bring to a boil.
5. Crumble in a pastry sheet (tractum) to bind, stir, and empty into a serving dish.
6. Sprinkle with pepper and serve.